Low IQ has a full sandbox again
Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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Welcome back PIF.
Update:
Watermelon has appropriately reintroduced himself as “Cockwomble” (post 13,749).
Very fitting.
is Speedy with you??
Hello PIF
🍈 continues to insult President Trump by depicting his aid to Ukraine as him giving the finger to American Citizens.
Very disrespectful, highly unacceptable on FR, and yet…..😎
Low IQ has a full sandbox again
Kyiv Independent reports”
“Washington is hopeful for a ceasefire by April 20 (Easter, in both the Western and Orthodox calendars this year), despite Russia’s ongoing attacks on Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on March 23, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter...
...U.S. negotiators are set to separately meet Ukrainian and Russian delegates in Riyadh on March 24 to discuss the partial ceasefire proposal.
Until now, the Trump team has only held bilateral talks with each side separately, including meetings with Russia in Riyadh on Feb. 18 and Istanbul on Feb. 27, and with Ukraine in Jeddah on March 11.”
Welcome back.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 23, 2025
Unconfirmed reports suggest that there is tension between Russian Central Bank Chairperson Elvira Nabiullina and the Kremlin over Russia’s high interest rate and wartime monetary policies. A Russian insider source claimed on March 23 that the Russian Federation Council Accounts Chamber (the Russian Federation’s highest audit body) recently initiated an audit of the Russian Central Bank to investigate its monetary policy from 2022 to 2024 and the impact of the interest rate on inflation, budget expenditures, and investment.[5] The source claimed that the investigation is “effectively” an attack on Nabiullina. The insider source claimed that a group of lobbyists from large Russian businesses seek interest rate reductions. ISW cannot independently verify this insider source’s claim and has not observed other reporting about the alleged audit.
Russian inflation has been rising due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the Russian Central Bank decided in December 2024 to maintain the key interest rate at 21 percent – the highest Russian interest rate since 2003 – as part of efforts to curb growing inflation rates.[6] The Russian Central Bank‘s interest rate through 2025 has remained relatively conservative despite significant and growing inflationary pressures.[7] The Kremlin has claimed in recent months that the inflation rate is about nine to 10 percent, but these figures are likely far below the actual inflation rate, which is likely closer to 20 to 25 percent.[8] Russia’s current interest rate should likely be higher, and the Kremlin likely pressured the Central Bank to keep the rate at 21 percent when the Central Bank should have increased it to curb inflation.[9]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has also attempted to shift blame for the rising inflation rate on the Central Bank, and on Nabiullina in particular. This was likely in an effort to draw the ire of the Russian business community away from the Kremlin and onto her, although Nabiullina likely has not been able to exercise fully independent monetary policy. The audit on the Central Bank may be part of the Kremlin’s ongoing efforts to apply political pressure on the bank to prevent further interest rate hikes beyond the current rate of 21 percent, manage the expectations and frustrations of the Russian business community, and further the Kremlin’s narrative about Russia’s economic stability. The Kremlin’s continued manipulation of the Central Bank’s decisions is likely hampering the Russian government’s ability to enact sound wartime monetary policies.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-23-2025
Russian billionaires are unhappy with negotiations with the Americans. They were outraged by strange rumors.
In early March, we wrote about some concern among major Russian businessmen in connection with an attempt to normalize relations with the Americans. The story has continued. “Rumors have started that the nationalization of a number of very serious assets is being prepared. They say that the owners of some enterprises may be asked to voluntarily transfer them to new hands or sell them for a symbolic sum. Not a very pleasant prospect, you know,” one influential businessman said in a conversation with us. His enterprise also appears on the list.
The government hastened to deny the rumors. But not everyone believes it. “I heard that the creation of joint companies that will attract American investments into existing businesses is being discussed. In essence, this is a way to lift sanctions . But the issue is different - we were promised one thing, and now they are hastily preparing completely different scenarios for implementation. This is unpleasant, because the trust that was built up over decades is collapsing,” said another billionaire, noting that government communicators are directly hinting that in case of refusal there will be criminal cases and prison terms.
Rumor has it that a certain pool of dissatisfied businessmen is being formed, but so far they are in no hurry to send any signals, fearing a sharp reaction from Vladimir Putin. They hope that the whole story with the negotiations will not end in anything.
“Being asked…” nice euphemism
Pitin doesn’t ask, he tells.
Russians have begun to turn to fortune tellers, astrologers and esotericists much more often. According to the results of 2024, the number of people interested in esoteric practices soared by 30% - to 9.5 million people, writes RBC. The greatest interest in esotericism is shown by Russians aged 35-44.
Analysts associate the surge in the popularity of fortune telling and predictions with periods of political instability.
Another great success story for the master strategist.😎
🚨Update: These five regions have all been officially annexed by the Russian Federation, and are now part of Russia itself. The United States will recognize this as part of the peace deal next month.
pic.twitter.com/SKgcf5ZotD— US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) March 23, 2025
The EU preparing Ukraine for a ceasefire?
It's about time that @POTUS realised that the EU and UK are determined to screw his administration, his Peace plans and his attempts to reform NATO.
pic.twitter.com/bwLWiNUIcy— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) March 24, 2025
"Ukrainian infantry groups are attempting to flank Demidovka, moving closer to Popovka. Fighting has broken out with border guard positions."
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1904143239088640177
Unconfirmed report: A Russian Su-25 has crashed in Primorsky Krai. Preliminary cause believed to be engine failure. The pilot reportedly ejected.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1904129347176349973
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